TMRO:Space

This is your space news update for January 30th, 2019. Our Space Mike hologram is back, in non hologram form this week to deliver Launch Minute as well as an update on the SpaceX DM-1 mission. We also chat about the recent Blue Origin Test Flight and the ground breaking for their new engine production facility. OneWeb may have access to a lower cost ground based system for their upcoming satellite constellation. And finally, a quick update on NASA’s Opportunity Rover.

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While the Opportunity rover isn't officially dead yet, at this point engineers seem to be struggling to get communications restored. It's possible there could be a eureka moment, but for now Oppy remains silent. We chat about our favorite Opportunity Science, Moments and even enjoy the launch itself.

This week we also chat about Stratolaunch history and Future (by way of community vote), Blue Origin Test Flights and Onboard Science and the recent higher-resolution picture of Ultima Thule from New Horizons.

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We had two launches this past week:-Delta IV Heavy || NROL-71-Long March 11 || Jilin-01 & 02

News stories:-Stratolaunch changes plans... again!-Relativity Space secures an historic launch site-SLS is one step closer to flight-Hubble is fixed!

Martin Siedorf and Martin Zietz from KSat, the University of Stuttgart Small Sat Society to talk about how students are building rocket-repair robots, sending experimental pumps to the International Space Station, launching their own satellite in 2020 and more! Which of their projects excites you the most?

Topics covered today:Fast radio bursts, is it aliens?Chang'e 4 mission update

Peter Beck joins us today to chat how Rocket Lab will ramp their launch cadence in 2019, and how it just may have all started with a rocket powered motorbike. We also take bets on when SpaceX's next generation test rocket, the Starhopper, will fly. When do you think we'll see it launch?

Topics covered today:

SpaceX Starhopper and Crew Dragon Demo Mission-1

OSIRIS-Rex mission begins orbiting asteroid Bennu

Peter Beck (Rocket Lab CEO) chats Rocket Bikes and Rocket Lab's 2019 plans

The New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule is an amazing extension of the spacecrafts original mission -- But did you know that almost didn't happen? Find out how Hubble saved the day thanks to a creative use of director's discretion.

No more launch minutes! Those are moving to their own segments that will be released on Fridays prior to the show! Live shows will be conversations with guest interviewees and guest hosts!

Topics covered today:Ultima Thule MissionChina's Chang'e-4 mission on the far side of the moonLaunchPad Astronomy with Christian Ready - @launchpadastro

Mike, Cariann, Jared, Jade, Benjamin and the community of TMRO take a look back at our favorite cosmic events of 2018 and look froward to 2019.

Launch Minute:

Electron | ELaNa 19

Soyuz ST-A | CSO 1

GSLV Mk.2 | GSAT 7A

Long March 11 | Hongyun-1

Space News:

2018 in review

Looking forward to 2019

New Horizons and Ultima Thule are about to get REAL CLOSE

Astronomers find most distant Solar System body to date

Soyuz MS-09 Crew makes it home Safe

Faint glow generated by galaxy clusters helps map dark matter

Former NASA Deputy Chief Technologist Jim Adams joins us for story time. We talk about the planetary status of Pluto, the Kármán line, how moist the solar system seems to be, microbial life on Mars and so much more!

Launch MinuteEverything scrubbed this week... But get ready for next week with SIX scheduled launches! Yikes!

Space News:

Welcome to Space, Spaceship 2

Cosmonauts perform Soyuz Surgery

Voyager 2 is interstellar

Xtronaut Chief Science Officer and Principle Investigator for the OSIRIS-Rex mission Dante Lauretta joins us to talk about NASA's Mission to Bennu as well as his new STEM card game on Kickstarter: Downlink - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/827615927/downlink-the-game-of-planetary-discovery

Launches:

Soyuz FG | Soyuz MS-11

Falcon 9 | SSO-A

Ariane 5 | GSAT-11

Falcon 9 | CRS-16

Long March 2D | SaudiSat 5A and 5B

Long March 3B | Chang'e 4

Space News:

Moist Mysteries from Space

Russia to the Moon by 2040

New Planets

Michael Clark, Sarah Vincent, Jade Kim, Benjamin Higginbotham, Cariann Higginbotham and Jared Head join us for a round table about space geekery! This week we chat about Exoplanets and their tools for discovery, Russia sending a 3D Bio Printer up to space station, Mars 2020 landing site has been chosen and Mars goo is great for your face!

Launch Minutes:

Long March 3B | Beidou

Vega | Mohammed VI-B

Long March 2D | Shiyan 6